OTTAWA & WASHINGTON — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 23, 2010 —
Today at FOSE 2010, Corel Corporation introduced Corel® WordPerfect®
Office X5, the newest version of the world's leading alternative to
Microsoft® Office. Delivering enhanced online collaboration tools, a new
integrated email client and expanded file format support, the latest
version of WordPerfect Office has been designed to offer users even
greater flexibility in how they work, both online and offline.

"For more than 20 years, WordPerfect Office has earned the trust and
loyalty of millions of users by providing essential tools and
innovations that are designed specifically to address the evolving needs
of our customers," said Jason Larock, Director of Product Management for
Corel's Office Productivity group. "With WordPerfect Office X5, we've
expanded the scope of our suite, to provide customers with a unique
solution that addresses the new requirements of an online-offline
workflow while enhancing the formatting features and PDF tools that our
users have come to rely on."

Offering exceptional value to new and existing users alike, WordPerfect
Office X5 offers a complete suite of powerful office productivity
applications, all from one trusted source. And with support for more
than 60 file formats, including Microsoft Office files, WordPerfect
Office X5 makes it easy for users to create and share files in whatever
format they choose.

New Suite Offers Users More
Collaboration Options and Increased Flexibility

The newest version of WordPerfect Office includes a number of
established customer favorites along with new additions that reflect the
evolving requirements of today's users. WordPerfect Office X5 includes:

• A complete office suite comprised of WordPerfect® X5 for word
processing; Quattro Pro® X5 for spreadsheets, charts and graphs;
Presentations™ X5 for creating and presenting slideshows and
demonstrations; and WordPerfect® Lightning™ for collecting and storing
information for digital note taking
• Enhanced PDF Tools: The
world's first PDF office suite continues to offer users unrivaled
flexibility when working with PDF documents, including PDF creation out
of each application, opening PDFs in WordPerfect, creating archival and
password protected PDFs
• Better integration with document
management systems including Microsoft® Office SharePoint®
• New
Web services integration: Now users can quickly and easily populate
their documents with content pulled directly from a Web service or
internal Enterprise system
• New Mozilla® Thunderbird® for
WordPerfect Office: An integrated email client and calendar that offers
a tabbed e-mail view and powerful search tools
• New Nuance®
PaperPort® SE 12: Users now have the ability to easily organize,
annotate and share PDFs
• Expanded support for Microsoft Office’s
latest XML formats, allowing users to open, edit and save in OOXML
(docx, xlsx, pptx) formats
• New Reference Center: It is now easier
to find answers, with guided tutorials for every part of the suite
•
File Format Freedom: Compatibility with more than 60 file types,
including Microsoft Office, enables users to focus on the content of
their files, not the format. And enhanced compatibility with binary
Microsoft Office formats ensures that file content displays better than
ever before

Pricing and Availability

Corel WordPerfect Office X5 - Standard Edition - is now available at a
suggested retail price of $159.99 for the upgrade version and $249.99
for the full version. The product is immediately available as an
electronic download through
www.corel.com.
The boxed version of the suite is available for pre-order through Corel
and will soon be available through leading retailers.

The Home & Student Edition provides the office suite essentials for home
PC users and students. It's the easy and affordable way to create
documents, manage money and design multimedia slideshows and is
available at a suggested retail price of $99.99 for the full version.

The Professional Edition is the essential office suite for business and
power users, allowing users to create high-impact documents,
spreadsheets and presentations, and manage databases and email. With
enhanced compatibility, it can easily open, edit and save the latest
Microsoft Office file formats and work more collaboratively with
powerful new PDF features and Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server
support. The Professional edition is available for the suggested retail
price of $259.99 for the upgrade version and $399.99 for the full
version.

Corel will be launching WordPerfect Office at two major events; FOSE,
one of the most influential government technology shows in North America
(March 22-25 in Washington, DC - Corel Booth # 3012), and ABA
Techshow, a show focused on the United States legal community
(March 25-27 Chicago, IL- Corel Booth #708).